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Ruby Consolidated

Past Producer in El Dorado county in California, United States with commodities Gold, Chromium
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10007098
MRDS ID C008325
Record type Site
Current site name Ruby Consolidated
Related records 10285275

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.78935, 38.96878 (WGS84)
Relative position 1 MI S OF VOLCANOVILLE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

El Dorado(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Georgetown(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Placerville(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Sacramento(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

North Fork American(hydrologic unit)

Lower Sacramento(hydrologic accounting unit)

Sacramento(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Eldorado National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California El Dorado

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 013N 011E 17,18,19 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Chromium Critical Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Quartz Gangue

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.78935, 38.96878
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Depth to top 0M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Comments on the production information

  • INTERMITTENTLY ACTIVE 1928 - 1940 . DURING WWI THREE CARLOADS CHROMITE CONTAINING 46 PER CENT CR203 WERE SHIPPED.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CLARK, W. B., AND CARLSON, D. W., 1956 , MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF EL DORADO CO., CALIF.: CALIF. JOUR. OF MINES AND GEOL., VOL 52 , NO. 4 , PG. 473 , 529

  • Production

    CLARK AND CARLSON, 1956

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN
Deposit AU DRIFT MINE IN 17 ( FOLIO 3 ). NO CR IN 17 . CR IN 18 , 19 ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1979 Hayden, F. (Albers, J.) U.S. Geological Survey

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